The tragedy shines a spotlight on China’s coal mining sector, where hundreds of coal miners perish each year in accidents. Combined with the toll that coal use in China exacts upon public health ...
In coal-intensive regions such as Shaanxi, in northern China, coal mining employs up to 8 per cent of the local workforce. Climate justice advocates say countries that rely heavily on coal for jobs ...
Xingtai, a coal-mining hub home to 7.6 million people, has the worst air quality of any Chinese city. Last year, it only had 38 days when air quality met national standards.
the country’s biggest producer, and China Coal Energy Co., have come under pressure as the market has weakened. Nationwide mining expansions of recent years have left a glut of coal, and ...